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Guanyin or Guan Yin (/ˌɡwɑːnˈjɪn/) is the most commonly used Chinese translation of the bodhisattva known as Avalokiteśvara. In English usage, Guanyin refers to the Buddhist bodhisattva associated with compassion and venerated chiefly by followers of Mahayana Buddhist schools as practiced in the sinosphere. Guanyin also refers to the bodhisattva as adopted by other Eastern religions such as Taoism, where she is revered as an immortal, as well as Chinese folk religions, where the mythical acco

In the scheme of things, a Buddha is an entity who has attained enlightenment and therefore will be freed from the cycle of reincarnation. A boddhisatva, meanwhile, is an entity who has attained enlightenment, but made a vow to continue in the reincarnation cycle until their goal is achieved. Guan Yin aka Avalokiteshvara promised that they will continue to be reincarnated until all sentient beings in existence is free from suffering/samsara.